List of Marshals of the First French Empire

Marshal of the Empire (Fr. Maréchal d'Empire) was a civil dignity during the First French Empire. It was created by the Sénatus-consulte on 18 May 1804 and to a large extent resurrected the formerly abolished title of Marshal of France. According to the Sénatus-consulte, a Marshal was a grand officer of the Empire, entitled to a high-standing position at the court and to the presidency of an electoral college.

Marshals

Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Sovereign Prince of Neufchâtel, Prince of Wagram, Duke of Valangin (1753–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Joachim Murat, Prince of the Empire, Grand Duke of Clèves and Berg, King of Naples (1767–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Duke of Conégliano (1754–1842), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Count of the Empire (1762–1833), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling (1758–1817), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Charles Pierre François Augereau, Duke of Castiglione (1757–1816), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Prince of Pontecorvo, King of Sweden & Norway, Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Guillaume Brune, Count of the Empire (1763–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia (1769–1851), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Jean Lannes, Duke of Montebello (1769–1809), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 †
Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso (1768–1835), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of the Moskva (1769–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Louis-Nicolas Davout, Duke of Auerstädt, Prince of Eckmühl (1770–1823), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Duke of Istria (1768–1813), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 †
François Christophe de Kellermann, Duke of Valmy (1737–1820), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (1755–1820), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Marquis of Grenade (1754–1818), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Count of the Empire (1742–1819), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
Claude Victor, Duke of Belluno (1764–1841), Marshal of the Empire in 1807
Jacques MacDonald, Duke of Taranto (1765–1840), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
Nicolas Oudinot, Duke of Reggio (1767–1847), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
Auguste de Marmont, Duke of Ragusa (1774–1852), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of Albufera (1770–1826), Marshal of the Empire in 1811
Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764–1830), Marshal of the Empire in 1812
Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813), Marshal of the Empire in 1813 †
Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis of Grouchy (1766–1847), Marshal of the Empire in 1815

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Soldiers of Fortitude: The Grande Armee of 1812 in Russia by Major James T. McGhee
Uniforms of Napoleon's Guard

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